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Robul Domnului, batjocorit şi ajutat

50 Aşa vorbeşte Domnul: „Unde este cartea(A) de despărţire prin care am izgonit pe mama voastră? Sau căruia dintre cei ce M-au împrumutat(B) v-am vândut? Vedeţi, din pricina fărădelegilor voastre aţi fost vânduţi(C) şi din pricina păcatelor voastre a fost izgonită mama voastră. Pentru ce nu era nimeni când am venit? Pentru ce n-a răspuns nimeni când(D) am strigat? Este mâna(E) Mea prea scurtă ca să răscumpere? Sau n-am Eu destulă putere ca să izbăvesc? Cu(F) mustrarea Mea, Eu usuc(G) marea şi prefac râurile(H) în pustie; peştii(I) lor se strică din lipsă de apă şi pier de sete! Îmbrac(J) cerurile cu negura de jale şi(K) le învelesc cu un sac.”

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God Helps His Servant

50 [a]The Lord declares this;

“Where is the certificate of divorce
By which I have sent your mother away, [O Israel]?
Or to which one of My creditors did I sell you [as slaves]?
In fact, You were sold for your wickedness [your sin, your injustice, your wrongdoing],
And for your transgressions your mother was sent away.

“Why, when I came, was there no man [to greet Me]?
When I called, why was there no one to answer?
Is My hand really so short that it cannot redeem [My servants]?
Or have I no power to rescue?
Listen carefully, with My rebuke I dry up the sea,
I make the rivers into a desert;
Their fish stink because there is no water
And die of thirst.

“I clothe the heavens with the blackness [of storm clouds]
And make sackcloth [of mourning] their clothing.”

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Footnotes

  1. Isaiah 50:1 An ancient rabbi suggested this as an answer that God gave to Isaiah in response to Jews who came to him, but refused to repent. They compared themselves to a wife divorced by her husband and to a slave sold by his master (referring to God as husband and master), claiming that they had no further obligations to God.

Israel’s Sin and the Servant’s Obedience

50 This is what the Lord says:

“Where is your mother’s certificate of divorce(A)
    with which I sent her away?
Or to which of my creditors
    did I sell(B) you?
Because of your sins(C) you were sold;(D)
    because of your transgressions your mother was sent away.
When I came, why was there no one?
    When I called, why was there no one to answer?(E)
Was my arm too short(F) to deliver you?
    Do I lack the strength(G) to rescue you?
By a mere rebuke(H) I dry up the sea,(I)
    I turn rivers into a desert;(J)
their fish rot for lack of water
    and die of thirst.
I clothe the heavens with darkness(K)
    and make sackcloth(L) its covering.”

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